WEBVTT Y999 TAG NUMBER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL METRO CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-866-7LOCKUP. HOWARD COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DISTURBING CRIME THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN COLUMBIA. THEY SAY AN 86-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WOMAN...WHO ACCEPTED A RIDE FROM A STRANGER ENDED UP BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. 11-NEWS REPORTER LOWELL MELSER JOINS US LIVE FROM COUNTY POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH MORE. LOWELL? IT IS A DISTURBING STORY. THE 86-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ACCEPTED A RIDE FROM SOMEONE SHE DID NOT KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER MUCH SO POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR HELP. SAD, SAD, VERY SAD. " NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED -- NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE CLOSE BY REMEMBER THAT THE 86-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS TAKEN AGAINST HER WILL AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THIS IS VERY CRAZY. I AM SO SAD ABOUT IT. POLICE SAY AROUND 2:45 P.M., THE WOMAN WAS WAITING FOR A BUS WHEN A DARK SEDAN PULLED UP AND OFFERED THE WOMAN A RIDE. SHE ACCEPTED. POLICE SAY HE IN STEAD DRIVER TO AN EMPTY BUSINESS COMPLEX PARKING LOT , DRAGS HER INTO A WOODED AREA, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. AT WE DO NOT SEE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS CASE AND ANY OTHER. IT IS CERTAINLY UNUSUAL TO HAVE A SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A STRANGER IN HOWARD COUNTY, PARTICULARLY IN ELDERLY PERSON. THE WOMAN WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION WHERE THE PATRONS CALLED 911, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT IS FRUSTRATING IS THE WOMAN CANNOT REMEMBER MANY DETAILS ABOUT HER ATTACKER. SHE BELIEVES THAT HE WAS IN HIS 40'S, A BACL MAL E, AND HE WAS DRIVING A DARK SEDAN WITH A LIGHT INTERIOR, TAN OR BASE -- IN HIS 40'S, A BLACK MALE. I'M JUST SHOCKED AND APPALLED SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN OUR GREAT COUNTY. POLICE WILL BE STEPPING UP PATROLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME, THEY CAN APPROACH ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS, OR THEY CAN CALL HOWARD COUNTY POLICE AT